Last month, Senate Democrats used the filibuster to block sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in response to the ...

The earlier legislation was conceived and debated ... than to have the Senate for the first time in history bury a civil rights filibuster. The dead children cannot be restored, but living ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

The filibuster is a loophole, historically used to block civil rights legislation. The original Senate rules did not include the filibuster rule. Our senators went to Washington to get things done ...

"As expected, the most angry opposition to the bill came from Dixie lawmakers, like Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina." Senator Strom Thurmond: "This so-called Civil Rights Proposals ...

Doesn’t a filibuster already last only as long ... hours and 18 minutes in 1957 in an unsuccessful bid to stop a civil rights bill. Yes, but not many and it’s not easy. In 1974, the Senate ...

such as the New Deal and the Civil Rights Acts, have always come through legislation. Thanks to the filibuster, Republicans ...

A bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration narrowly overcame its second and final 60-vote filibuster in the Senate on Friday, all but ensuring its eventual passage in Congress.

The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second ... also be granted standing under the legislation to take civil action against members of the federal government ...